Mixed Methods in Strategy Research: Applications and Implications in the Resource-Based View

Research Methodology in Strategy and Management

Volumn 4, Issue , 2007, Pages 37-73

  Molina Azorín, José F ^a  

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EID: 34447136289     PISSN: 14798387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1479-8387(07)04003-9     Document Type: Review

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